Yesterday there was murder in the garden. It\u2019s not what you think. I should probably say it was a murder in the garden \u2013 of crows. We are used to our bird feeders having lots of small birds on them. Here we seem to have attracted a murder of crows and the odd magpie. We do have small birds, but they seem to be sticking to the bushes and hedges. They only going onto the feeders when it\u2019s definitely safe to do so. Of course, we\u2019ve got a squirrel on the bird feeders too and Mum says it really is time for her to retrain the squirrel to use his own feeders which have more suitable food in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One problem has been that Mum hasn\u2019t really worked out a system of where to store all their food. She says it will be easier once the extension has been done, but for the time being we don\u2019t have a system and Mum needs systems if she\u2019s going to do things regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mum has been trying to be brave and do some of the jobs that she hasn\u2019t been able to face due to Covid. Having shut herself away for so long she\u2019s finding the world is all too peopley and she\u2019s had enough already. It\u2019s not as though she has done all that much, which just goes to show how much rehabilitation she\u2019s going to need. I keep offering to go with her, but she says it\u2019s not the sorts of things I can do. At least I\u2019ve tried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will be pleased to know that the solar lights are no longer acting as search lights pointed at the bedroom window. Putting them there to get the sun was a bit of a mistake on Mum\u2019s part. When it came to going to bed the room was very well lit and it was raining too much for Mum to want to go out to move them. Anyway, they aren\u2019t there now. Once we\u2019d found they worked ok, Mum started to move them around the garden. They may move a few times until she\u2019s happy, but they won\u2019t come back to outside the bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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